“Starting in August, we saw a significant deceleration in the sales of firearms and ammunition,” Cabela’s Chief Executive Officer Thomas Millner said in an earnings filing today.

Cabela’s, based in Sidney, Nebraska-based, saw a 2.5 percent decline in same-store firearms sales last quarter, Millner said on a conference call. The retailer’s stock reversed losses and gained 0.4 percent to close at $62.61.

Smith & Wesson, of Springfield, Massachusetts, declined 2.7 percent to close at $10.82.